Eric King

Jun 28, 2024 | whas11.com | Eric King

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As an officer with the Louisville Metro Police Department, Michael Abernathy doesn’t scare easily but his story is all too familiar. “In my profession, I run toward bullets,” he said. "Going into surgery, I was nervous. Getting the diagnosis, I was nervous.” Abernathy was first , commonly known as high blood pressure, when he was 17. He had been treated for the condition over the years, but admits he was not as attentive to it as he perhaps should have been.

Apr 24, 2024 | uknow.uky.edu | Hayden Gooding |Eric King

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 24, 2024) — Since its inception in 2016, the internship program at the University of Kentucky has been paving the way for students to embark on transformative experiences in Washington, D.C.Developed through a partnership between the Office of Federal Relations, the Department of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Student Government Association, the program has become a cornerstone of experiential learning for UK students.

Jan 19, 2024 | whas11.com | Eric King

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Anniversaries are times to reflect.  Some bring happy memories. Others remind of us pain. Jan. 19 marks five years since the death of 10-year-old Seven Bridges, who completed suicide in 2019. In the years since, his mother Tami Charles has helped lead the awareness effort to ensure what happened to her son, doesn’t happen to yours. “Each year is a milestone,” she said. “At the time of Seven’s death, he was the youngest child at the time to have ever completed suicide.

Nov 29, 2023 | whas11.com | Eric King |Lena Duncan

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Pastor F. Bruce Williams is the voice for his congregation in Smoketown. After surviving a major health scare, he's using that same voice to help save lives. "I've been in the church where I am for 37 years as a Pastor, and I have earned their trust at the church and in the community," Williams said. Bates Memorial Baptist Church sits in a historically Black neighborhood on Lampton Street, just off of downtown Louisville.

Aug 14, 2023 | msn.com | Eric King

Twenty years ago, the future of downtown Louisville, Kentucky's Whiskey Row was hard to see. The block-long stretch of historic buildings dating back to the mid-to-late 1800s was largely empty after a period of stagnancy. Boarded windows covered vacant buildings once part of a proud bourbon heritage along Main Street ― an area that saw bourbon barrels flow from Kentucky distilleries onto steamboats and railcars to consumers across the globe. Today, the block is among the busiest downtown.